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Johnathan Kayne Gillaspie was born March 14, 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee. Growing up in a large family with five sisters and two brothers, Kayne as everyone knows him, realized at a young age the importance of standing out. Starting his education with a full scholarship to Volunteer State College, Kayne's career aspirations began in pre-veterinarian medicine. While working at a vet clinic for four and a half years, he also took a design job as a sketch artist at a local pageant boutique in Tennessee. Kayne quickly became enamored with fashion, changed his major and transferred to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In 2002, Kayne won the Critics Choice Award for evening wear and graduated magna cum laude. He moved back to Nashville after graduation and opened Kayne's Clothing Boutique. This afforded him the opportunity to create custom ballroom dance costumes, eveningwear, and wardrobe for the country music industry. In 2003, Kayne bought Southern Charm, an established formal wear and pageant store in Norman, Oklahoma. Within three years, Kayne's success in the pageant industry soared. In December of 2005, he dressed the entire top five teens the winner and first runner up in the Miss Oklahoma U.S.A. pageant. His gowns encompass originality, attention to detail and a young femininity with an edge. Kayne is an American fashion designer, specializing in beauty pageant gowns. He was a contestant on the third season of the Bravo reality series Project Runway. Kayne finished Project Runway in the top five. While appearing on Project Runway, Kayne won the "Fit for a Queen" challenge that required designers to create an evening gown for Miss USA Tara Conner. Miss USA, by her choice, chose to wear the design by Kayne for the Miss Universe pageant. Tara went on to be placed fourth runner up in the Miss Universe pageant. {} Layout by CoolChaser Background from flickr user ..

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Just blessed

Hello everyone!!!! I have just gotten home to OKC after being stuck in Dallas/Fort Worth airport for over 38 hours. Bleh. But life is good. I am back in a relationship. Mitchell and I have decided t...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:21:00 GMT

Johnathan Kayne 2009 Trunk Show!!

The time is here for the Johnathan Kayne 2009 Trunk Show!!! Evening Wear Collection Red Carpet- Pageant- Cocktail Exclusive Oklahoma Showing September 12th- 21st, 2008 Johnathan Kayne Studio 141 Triad...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:12:00 GMT

Interview

An Interview With Kayne Gillaspie about the Miss Universe Pageant - Continued 1. Kayne, your fans are so proud of your accomplishment with Tara Conner at the Miss Universe pageant, she looked fabul...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:07:00 GMT

THANKS TO EVERYONE!!!

I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR E-MAILS AND POSTS TO ME ON MY MYSPACE. I'M SO SORRY THAT I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO EVERYONES COMMENTS. AS I'M SURE YOU CAN A...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:18:00 GMT